This is another of the psalms of Asaph, the last of the group or
collection that is found under his name. Compare the Introduction to
Psalms 73. The occasion on which this was composed is not certainl...
BOOK II. PSS. XLII.- LXXII.
Psalms 42-83 are Elohistic, _i.e._ they use the word God (Elohim) and
avoid the proper name Yahweh, probably from motives of reverence. Here
and there, however, the name Y...
The vision of the judgement of unjust rulers who oppress God's people
within the nation is followed by a prayer for the judgement of the
nations which threaten to destroy God's people as a nation from...
LXXXIII.
The array of proper names in this poem seems, at first sight, to
promise an easy identification with some definite historical event.
But our records nowhere speak of a confederation composed...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 83
A SONG [OR] PSALM OF ASAPH. This is the last of the psalms that bear
the name of Asaph, and some think it was written by him on occasion of
David's smiting the Philistines, M...
_A.M. 3112. B.C. 892._
The occasion of this Psalm seems to have been a dangerous conspiracy,
and attempt of divers nations against Israel or Judah. Probably it was
that which is recorded 2 Chronicles...